Mindwarp wrote a quick guide which shows step-by-step how to setup a CVS pserver in FreeBSD over at mindwarp.net: “CVS stands for Concurrent Versions System. You can check out the official homepage at cvshome.org. Basically what it comes down to is tons of projects, open source, free software, and commercial use CVS to manage their code. It lets you go back to previous versions.”
Creating a CVS Repository using FreeBSD
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Just wanted to say thanks, and I hope I get time to try this out later this weekend.
This isn’t meant to be a troll post, but you may want to check out Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/). I made the switch from CVS to Subversion and have not looked back…
I am always amazed at how no matter what the topic, there is always someone who goes off on a tangent babbling on about some new competing technology. Gentoo folks are the masters of this, but it seems we’ve found a new breed of these people in “Subversion” advocates. Lay off already!
The point in case is that Subversion is not positioning itself as a *competitor* to CVS, but a *successor*, which is a bit different. SVN is *designed* to provide as smooth a transition curve for CVS users as possible. Mentioning the availability, especially in an as non-offensive post as Wheaty’s, is quite appropriate IMNSHO.